promote health maintenance and disease prevention for all older patients

recommend and mobilize support services to help patients maintain their independence in the community

confer with health and community members to ensure that health and social services are in place and serving an older person in a satisfactory manner

Responsibilities include but not limited to:• Reside in and have as his/her primary residence, Grande Prairie• Establish and maintain a full time community based practice within the community• Provide hospital and call support as required• Contribute to and participate in teaching programs and activities• Contribute to and participate in other administrative responsibilities as assigned.

The successful candidate may choose to join an existing community based practice; or practice independently within the community.

About the Community of Grande Prairie:

LOOKING for WORK-LIFE-BALANCE consider GRANDE PRAIRIE!Located about 450 kilometers northwest of Edmonton, and about the same distance north of Jasper National Park, Grande Prairie offers the best of both worlds - big city amenities without losing the comfortable feel of a small, safe community and close proximity to outstanding wilderness areas.

The City of Grande Prairie is an economically strong and culturally diverse large urban centre, with a population of about 55 000 and growing. Grande Prairie residents enjoy city pride, beautiful homes, A wide choice of recreation, education, shopping and entertainment opportunities.

Grande Prairie is well serviced by major airlines and easy road transportation.

Public and separate elementary and high schools, private schools, a French Immersion school and a regional degree granting college offer families a range of educational opportunities usually only available in major city centers.

In the centre of Grande Prairie, winding park trails along the Bear Creek valley takes walkers, joggers, bikers and roller bladers through 15 kilometers of well treed and maintained park lands.

Cross-country ski trails and a downhill ski facility just south of the city take full advantage of the scenic Wapiti River valley, well known for its wealth of dinosaur artifacts.

The Prairie Art Gallery, Centre for Creative Arts, Second Street Theatre, a Live Theatre group and a college theatre all run drama and arts programs and productions for community members of all ages.

A northern service centre for agriculture, forestry and petroleum industries, Grande Prairie is also a major retail shopping centre for a surrounding population of close to 250,000 people. An array of charming shops and boutiques add variety to the major retail stores and malls in Grande Prairie.

A new larger Grande Prairie Regional Hospital is currently under construction and is on schedule to open late in 2019, increasing the capacity to provide services to the people of Northwestern Alberta and Northeastern BC.

Kidney Dialysis Unit on SiteCancer Treatment Services Available on Site

Qualifications:

Educational RequirementsAfter graduating from an MD program, prospective specialists in geriatric medicine enroll in a post-graduate medicine program that includes three or four years of on-the-job specialty training in internal medicine followed by two years of subspecialty training in geriatric medicine.After successfully completing the program and passing national examinations for internal medicine and geriatric medicine, graduates are authorized by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons to call themselves Specialists in Geriatric Medicine.

Graduates of MD programs who choose to go into family practice but wish to concentrate on working with older patients can take six months to one year of extra training and receive certification in the Care of the Elderly Program. This qualifies them to act as consultants in addition to providing primary care.

The University of Alberta in Edmonton and the University of Calgary offer training programs for specialists in geriatric medicine and family physicians who have a particular interest in geriatrics.

Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Related LegislationUnder Alberta's Health Professions Act and Physicians, Surgeons and Osteopaths Profession Regulation, you must be a registered member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA) to practice medicine in Alberta.

Compensation:

Fee-for-Service

Alberta Medical Association (AMA) Incentives

A Flat Fee is paid to physicians who practice & reside in this community of $17,604.72 per year provided his/her annual income for insured services is greater than $50,000. (Residency conditions apply, including living in the eligible community for nine of the previous twelve months ending on the payment date.)

The Variable Fee Premium paid is an additional 16.36% for insured services provided in this community.

Rural, Remote, Northern Program (RRNP) - Please note, payments through the RRNP are capped at $60,000 per physician per year.

Continuing Medical Education - reimburses physicians for eligible continuing medical education costs. Each eligible physician receives a $2,656 annual allotment which can be carried forward for up to three years.

Parental Leave Program - provides $1,063 per week for up to 17 weeks to physician parents of a newborn or newly adopted child.

Business Cost Program - addresses escalating practice costs in community based practices. This fee modifier is added automatically to select office visits and consultations. This program applies across the province and all physicians who provide visit services in an office based setting will receive an additional $2.75 with the exception of Calgary and Airdrie where the fee modifier is $3.25 on select office visits and consultations.